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Bridal gown breaks world record with 1.85-mile train

Model Emma Dumitrescu, 17, poses to show the world's longest wedding dress train during a Guinness World Record attempt in Bucharest, Romania. Romania has set the world record for the world's longest bridal train. (March 20, 1012) Photo Credit: AP

There has been some tension between Romania and the Netherlands lately, since Dutch leaders snubbed Romanians by trying to keep them out of the European Union's visa-free travel zone.

But it's Romania's interesting choice for a comeback that is making headlines.

"If the Netherlands does not allow us into Europe, we'll take them out of the world records book," Romanian Alin Caraman told The Associated Press.

A model rides in a hot air balloon to show the worlds longest wedding dress train during a Guinness World Record attempt in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, March 20, 1012. Romania has set the world record for the world's longest bridal train. The nearly 3-kilometer (1.86-mile) long ivory train, which took 100 days to stitch, was showcased dramatically on Tuesday on the boulevard leading up to the giant palace built by late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, seen in background. The previous record was 2.488 Km. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Photo Credit: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda

Caraman wasn't joking, as he helped organize the creation of a Guiness World Record breaking bridal gown with a 1.85-mile long train.

The previous record, held by the Dutch, measured about 1.5 miles long.

The gown was designed by Bucharest fashion label Andree Salon and took 10 seamstresses 100 days to construct.

Reportedly made with more than $7,000 worth of French lace and Italian taffetta, the train was then paraded around Bucharest's Palace of the Parliament Tuesday in a hot air balloon. It was worn by 17-year-old Romanian model Emma Dumitrescu.

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